Top 10 Disasters of Obamacare

Kathryn Nix in a blog at The Heritage Foundation says:

President Obama recently signed gargantuan health care legislation into law that will have major ramifications for every man, woman, and child in the United States. This newly enacted law originates from the Senate health care bill (the “Patients Protection and Affordability Act”) and a sidecar reconciliation bill that originated in the House. Between these two bills are countless provisions that grow federal spending, increase burdensome taxes, and put federal rules and regulations between Americans and control over their health care.

Here are the titles to the 10 major ways in which Obamacare will hurt Americans.

• 1. New Spending Grows the Federal Deficit
• 2. Bending the Cost Curve in the Wrong Direction
• 3. New Taxes and Mandates Hinder Economic Growth
• 4. Regulations Grow Government Control over Health Care
• 5. Expanding Broken Entitlement Programs
• 6. Burdening State Budgets
• 7. Neglecting Medicare
• 8. Creates Discrimination Against Low Income Workers
• 9. Exchange Eligibility Creates Inequity
• 10. Questions of Constitutionality

Ms. Nix closes with:

These disasters are only the beginning of the vast effects the President’s health care overhaul will have on the U.S. As bits and pieces of the law are implemented, its effects on states, businesses, and Americans of every ilk will become manifest. Congress and the American people should not view passage of the liberals’ health care package as the end of the debate on reform. Rather, the long and tedious journey toward restoring personal control over health care dollars and decisions is just beginning.

Kathryn Nix is a Research Assistant in the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation

[ JS – I strongly recommend that you read the whole article. It’s worth it. ]